Ukraine Thread

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Like the article said Putin does seem to like using the Olympics as a distraction, immediately after Sochi he took Crimea and although he wasn't the aggressor the war with Georgia was during the Beijing Olympics.

Guess with Obama on the out and re-election pretty much making the US paralyzed for foreign policy it's the right time for his shenanigans. No republicans will approve any initiative of Obama during the election season. Merkel has also been seen as weak due to the migrant crisis so I wonder if she'd be able to gather any meaningful support from the EU to oppose Russia, especially when France has been trying hard to thaw relations with Russia.

Wonder if he got buy-in from Turkey during his recent negotiations. Erdogan certainly doesn't like NATO, the EU,or the US and would probably love to create dissent within NATO and the EU by siding with Russia.